# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-purdom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:11:48.823Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-purdom"
name: "Tom Purdom"
slug: "tom-purdom"
description: "Thomas Edward Purdom was an American writer best known for science fiction and nonfiction. His story \"Fossil Games\" was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2000. He has also done music criticism since 1988. His works have been translated into German, Chinese, Burmese, Russian, and Czech. He lived in Philadelphia. Purdom died on January 14, 2024, at the age of 87."
tagline: "American writer (1936–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Purdom.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-04-19"
deathDate: "2024-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.202124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/28210e5a-e90d-4090-aa35-fd42c3edbb7f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "توماس بوردوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "توم بوردوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Purdom"
    title: "Tom Purdom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Purdom"
    title: "Tom Purdom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Purdom"
    title: "Tom Purdom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Purdom"
    title: "Tom Purdom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BC"
    title: "Том Пардом"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3530851"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump